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<h2>Miscellaneous symbols</h2>


<h3>Some symbols for math</h3>


<p>The following symbols are also used only in math mode</p>


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    <li><tt>\aleph</tt> - Hebrew aleph</li>

    <li><tt>\hbar</tt> - h-bar, Planck's constant</li>

    <li><tt>\imath</tt> - variation on "i"; no dot

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            <li>See also <tt><a href="ltx-401.html">\i</a></tt></li>

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    <li><tt>\jmath</tt> - variation on "j"; no dot

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            <li>See also <tt><a href="ltx-401.html">\j</a></tt></li>

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    <li><tt>\ell</tt> - script (loop) "l"</li>

    <li><tt>\wp</tt> - fancy script lowercase "P"</li>

    <li><tt>\Re</tt> - script capital "R" ("Real")</li>

    <li><tt>\Im</tt> - script capital "I" ("Imaginary")</li>

    <li><tt>\prime</tt> - prime (also obtained by typing <tt>'</tt>)</li>

    <li><tt>\nabla</tt> - inverted capital Delta</li>

    <li><tt>\surd</tt> - radical (square root) symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\angle</tt> - angle symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\forall</tt> - "for all" (inverted A)</li>

    <li><tt>\exists</tt> - "exists" (left-facing E)</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-164.html">\backslash</a></tt> - backslash</li>

    <li><tt>\partial</tt> - partial derivative symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\infty</tt> - infinity symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\triangle</tt> - open triangle symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\Box</tt> - open square</li>

    <li><tt>\Diamond</tt> - open diamond</li>

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    <li><tt>\flat</tt> - music: flat symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\natural</tt> - music: natural symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\sharp</tt> - music: sharp symbol</li>

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    <li><tt>\clubsuit</tt> - playing cards: club suit symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\diamondsuit</tt> - playing cards: diamond suit symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\heartsuit</tt> - playing cards: heart suit symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\spadesuit</tt> - playing cards: space suit symbol</li>

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<h3>Some other symbols</h3>


<p>The following symbols can be used in any mode.</p>


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    <li><tt>\dag</tt> - dagger</li>

    <li><tt>\ddag</tt> - double dagger</li>

    <li><tt>\S</tt> - section symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\P</tt> - paragraph symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\copyright</tt> - copyright symbol</li>

    <li><tt>\pounds</tt> - British pound sterling symbol</li>

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<h3>Calligraphic style letters</h3>


<p>Twenty-six calligraphic letters are provided (the upper case

    alphabet). These can only be used in math mode.</p>


<p>In LaTeX 2.09 they are produced with the <tt>\cal</tt>

    <a href="declarations.html">declaration</a></p>



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    ${\cal A}$

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<p>In LaTeX2e they are obtained with the <tt>\mathcal</tt> command:</p>



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    $\mathcal{CAL}$

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    See also <a href="ltx-115.html">Math Formulas</a>,

    <a href="ltx-117.html">Math Symbols</a>,

    <a href="ltx-119.html">Math Miscellany</a></p>


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    <li><a href="ltx-406.html">Arrows</a></li>

    <li><a href="ltx-403.html">Delimiters</a></li>

    <li><a href="ltx-404.html">Binary and relational operators</a></li>

    <li><a href="ltx-405.html">Greek letters</a></li>

    <li><a href="ltx-408.html">Variable size symbols</a>

        (sums, integrals, etc.)
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    <li><a href="mathfonts.html">Math fonts and styles</a></li>

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    <li><tt><a href="stackrel.html">\stackrel</a></tt> (putting

        things above other things)
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